Report and photographs: Valerie O’Sullivan
AN incredible 2,500 athletes competed in the Quest Adventure Killarney Adventure Race, a multi-activity one day event, which saw competitors roaming the Kerry mountains on foot, tackling Moll’s Gap on bicycles and lapping up the lakes on kayaks in the biggest Adventure Race in the world.
The fog on lofty Strickeen was not a problem for the seasoned competitors and the crystal blue, calm waters of Muckross Lake and rain-free rain mountains and roads provided the ideal course.
Organiser Oliver Kirwan, of Elite Event Management, commented: “The weather was perfect for such an epic and mammoth adventure. Killarney is truly the only location in the world that can accommodate such a race.”
RESULTS
60KM Pro
1. John Paul O’Connell; 2. Trevor Woods, 3. Ronán O’Shea.
Ladies: 1. Mary Daly; 2. Lisa Stapelbroek
50KM Pro
1. Conor Curran; 2. Neil McBride; 3. Gary Lawlor
Ladies: 1. Erika Murray; 2. Kathleen O’Regan
48KM Dual
1. Dave Burke; 2. Dermot Hickey; 3. Derek Cullen
Ladies: 1. Aleksandra Nowak; 2. Lindsay McMillan
27 KM Sport
1. Liam Aherne; 2. Sheldon Kirwood; 3. Benjamin Geary
Ladies: 1. Maria Moriarty; 2. Sharon Kenny
70KM Male
Elite athletes honorable positions: Mark Nolan, Dessie Duffy, Aidan McMoreland, Mark Wolfe, Lonan O’Farrell, Peter Walsh, Keiron Kelly, Mike Buckley, Jerry O’Sullivan, David Power, Barry Cronin.
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